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Balcas workers set for week-long strike action from tomorrow
Unite warns seven-day strike at Balcas will impact timber supplies across Northern Ireland Approximately 150 Unite members employed at Balcas will take a week of strike action in an escalating industrial dispute at the Enniskillen sawmill. The strike will commence … Continue reading
Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal
Members of Unite employed at Haldane-Fisher in Newry are to return to work after securing an inflation beating pay increase after five weeks of all-out strike action. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This was a hard fought and well … Continue reading
Stormont must legislate on upper working temperature limits
Workers need protection from excessive heat, in particular those involved in strenuous activity Responding to the current heatwave, Unite has called on the Stormont executive to introduce upper working temperature limits as a matter of urgency. The demand is included … Continue reading
Haldane Fisher strikes causing construction sector disruption across Ireland
Approximately 40 members of Unite have entered the eighth day of strike action at Haldane-Fisher in Newry. The strike is a result of the workers rejecting a below-inflation, 2.5 per cent pay increase imposed by management. Haldane-Fisher has its own … Continue reading
First one day strike set to shutdown Balcas sawmill
Low-paid workforce at highly profitable Enniskillen sawmill vote overwhelmingly to reject insulting pay offer Unite members at Enniskillen-based sawmill Balcas are to commence the first of three 24-hour strike actions on Thursday (June 18). In the absence of an improved … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial disputes, Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged Albert Hewitt, Balcas, Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Sharon Graham, strike
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